Test paper box and intelligent toilet containing same

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a test paper box and a smart toilet containing same. The test paper box comprises a support and a housing arranged at the outside of the support. The support comprises a base and an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing test paper. The base is provided with a through hole arranged at a location corresponding to a bottom surface of the elongated cavity. A paper-receiving slot is arranged below the through hole. The paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and the paper-receiving slot is provided with a paper outlet. The test paper box can be attached and detached conveniently, delivers test paper smoothly, can be replaced easily, has low costs, and is suitable for smart toilets.

CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C § 120 and 37 C.F.R. §1.53(b) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/099,640, filed Nov. 7,2018, which is a national stage entry of PCT/CN2016/103186, filed Oct.25, 2016, which claims the benefit and priority of Chinese PatentApplication No. 201610304863.7, filed May 10, 2016, and each of which ishereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of smart toilet, andparticularly to a test paper box and a smart toilet containing same.

BACKGROUND

With the improvement of people's life demands, smart toilets areincreasingly favored by consumers. Currently, the smart toiletsgenerally have the functions of cleaning, heating, sterilizing, or thelike, and some toilets are added with a urine detection function, Thefunction is generally realized by detecting real-time urine through atest paper stored in the smart toilet in advance. Due to the specialenvironment condition of the smart toilet (such as smaller space,humidity, etc.), the storage and replacement issues of the test paperneed to be solved. Therefore, a novel test paper box that is convenientin disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easy inreplacement, and low in cost is designed, which can greatly simplify theoperating method of the smart toilet while ensuring the accuracy of theurine detection.

SUMMARY

One object of the present invention is to provide a test paper box thatis convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easyin replacement, and low in cost, and is more suitable for a smarttoilet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a smart toiletcontaining the test paper box.

In order to achieve the objects above, the following technical solutionsare employed in the present invention.

A test paper box comprises a support and a housing outside the support,the support comprises a base and an elongated cavity arranged at thebase for storing the test paper, the base is provided with a throughhole disposed at a position corresponding to a bottom surface of theelongated cavity, a paper-receiving slot is arranged below the throughhole, the paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base toreceive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongatedcavity, and a paper outlet is arranged at the paper-receiving slot.

As further improvement of the present invention, a side wall of theelongated cavity is provided with air hole, and a dampproof component isprovided at the air hole.

The dampproof component can be a desiccant bag, and the desiccant bag isfixed between the side wall of the elongated cavity and the housing.

The base of the support is provided with a clamping slot. The housing isprovided with a locking tongue at inner wall. The support and thehousing are fixed together through the fitting between the clamping slotand the locking tongue.

The housing is a shell with an opening at the bottom. The shell issheathed on the elongated cavity of the support, and the opening at thebottom of the shell is covered by the base of the support.

A paper inlet is provided on the top of the elongated cavity. And acovering structure is provided on the top of the shell for matching withthe paper inlet.

The shell of the housing is further provided with a positioning slot forinstallation.

The test paper box further comprises a seal assembly, and the sealassembly comprises a seal platform raised surrounding the through holeon the base, and a gasket for matching with the seal platform to sealthe paper-receiving slot.

A smart toilet comprises a paper feeding module which comprises alifting mechanism and a pushing mechanism, and further comprises thetest paper box, wherein the test paper box is provided with a clampingslot for being connected to the lifting mechanism, and when the liftingmechanism lifts the test paper box to expose the paper-receiving slot ofthe test paper box, the pushing mechanism is used for pushing out thetest paper in the paper-receiving slot from the paper outlet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the clamping slotcomprises grooves arranged at two ends of the base of the test paper boxand grooves arranged at two ends of the housing.

By using the above technical solution, the present invention at leasthas the following advantages.

(1) With the paper-receiving slot arranged at the bottom of the base,the test paper box is convenient in paper delivery, do not readily jamand easy to push out.

(2) With the air hole and the dampproof component provided at the airhole, an effective dampproof protection of the test paper in the testpaper box is obtained, thereby avoiding invalidation.

(3) With the snap-fit between the support and the housing and theopening of the housing being covered by the base of the support, theadvantages of convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy inreplacement, simple in structure and low in cost can be obtained.

(4) The covering structure is provided on the top of the inner surfaceof the housing for matching with the paper inlet, which further improvesthe sealing property,

(5) The shell of the housing is provided with the positioning slot forinstallation, which avoids reverse direction during replacement orinstallation.

(6) The seal assembly ensures the good sealing of the test paper boxunder a non-use state, which avoids the influence of damp environmentwhen the test paper box is used in the smart toilet.

In conclusion, the test paper box of the present invention is good insealing property, convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paperdelivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost, and is more suitable forthe smart toilet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The foregoing description is merely a summary of the technical solutionsof the present invention. To understand the technical means of thepresent invention more clearly, the present invention is furtherdescribed in detail with reference to the figures and the detailedembodiments hereinafter.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 are schematic diagrams of the whole structure of thetest paper box according to the present invention from different views.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the support.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a part of the test paper box accordingto the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the housing.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the housing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention provides a test paper box that is good in sealingproperty, convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paperdelivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the test paper box of the present inventioncomprises a housing 1 and a support 2. The support 2 comprises a baseand an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing test paper 5,and the test paper 5 is filled into the elongated cavity through a paperinlet 3 at a top of the elongated cavity. After the test paper 5 isarranged according to quality, the housing 1 is sheathed on the support2 from top to bottom.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the housing 1 is a shell with an opening atthe bottom, and the shell is sheathed on the elongated cavity of thesupport 2. A covering structure 12 is provided on the top of the innersurface of the housing 1 for matching with the paper inlet 3 arranged atthe top of the elongated cavity so as to seal the test paper 5 in theelongated cavity of the support 2.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 6, the housing 1 and the support 2 arefixed together through a snap-fit. Specifically, a clamping slot isprovided on the base of the support 2, and a locking tongue is providedon the inner wall of the housing 1. The support 2 and the housing 1 arefixed together through the snap-fit between the clamping slot and thelocking tongue, so that the opening at the bottom of the housing 1 iscovered by the base of the support 2.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, some air holes 4 are disposed aroundthe elongated cavity of the support 2, and the air holes 4 can bedisposed in the side walls of the elongated cavity. A dampproofcomponent is provided at the air holes 4 for dampproof protection of thetest paper in the elongated cavity. Preferably, the dampproof componentcan be a desiccant bag 6, the desiccant bag 6 is fixed between thehousing 1 and the elongated cavity, and a plurality of the desiccantbags 6 can be disposed as appropriate.

With reference to FIG. 4, the base of the support 2 is provided with athrough hole disposed at a position corresponding to a bottom surface ofthe elongated cavity, and a elongated paper-receiving slot 7 is disposedbelow the through hole, the paper-receiving slot 7 is fixed to thebottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposedfrom the elongated cavity, and one end of the paper-receiving slot 7 isa paper outlet 8. In addition, at the bottom of the base is furtherprovided with a seal platform 13 raised surrounding the through hole onthe base. The seal platform 13 can be provided as a plastic platformintegrated with the base of the test paper box, which is used for beingmutually matched with a gasket (not shown in the figure) located belowthe paper-receiving slot 7, so as to seal the entire paper-receivingslot 7, and the seal assembly formed by the seal platform 13 and thegasket effectively prevents the test paper from invalidation caused bydamp exterior during use.

The present invention further provides a smart toilet containing thetest paper box above. The smart toilet comprises a paper feeding module,which comprises a lifting mechanism and a pushing mechanism for matchingwith the test paper box. With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the test paperbox is provided with clamping slots for connecting with the liftingmechanism, which comprises clamping slots 9 arranged at two ends of thebase and clamping slots 10 arranged at two ends of the housing 1. Forexample, the clamping slots 9 can be used for lifting the test paperbox, and the clamping slots 10 can be used for descending the test paperbox.

When the paper delivery of the test paper box is needed during actualuse, the test paper box needs to be lifted by the lifting mechanismfirstly and the paper-receiving slot 7 of the test paper box isrevealed, and then the pushing mechanism is used for horizontallypushing out the test paper from the paper-receiving slot 7.Specifically, the pushing mechanism is provided with a pulling rod, thepulling rod can enter through one end of the paper-receiving slot 7 andpush out the test paper from the paper outlet 8 at the other end of thepaper-receiving slot 7 after passing through the paper-receiving slot 7.The test paper pushed out is the bottommost piece of test paper storedin the elongated test paper cavity. After the test paper is pushed out,the upper piece of test paper will fall into the paper-receiving slot 7by the effect of the self-weight, Next time when use, the pushingmechanism will enter through the paper-receiving slot 7 again to pushout the test paper. Since a plurality of new test paper is stored in theelongated cavity, continuous use of the test paper is available; afterthe test paper is used up, new test paper can be supplemented again, orthe empty test paper box can be abandoned, and new test paper box isdirectly replaced. In order to prevent the newly installed test paperbox from reversing left and right, the housing 1 of the test paper boxis further provided with a positioning slot 11 for determining aplacement direction of the test paper box (FIG. 5).

If the test paper is not used, and the test paper box needs to be placedstationarily, then test paper box is descended through the liftingmechanism, the bottom of the test paper box is pressed on the saidgasket, and the paper-receiving slot 7 is completely sealed through thematching of the gasket with the seal platform 13, to prevent the testpaper from being affected with damp. The gasket can be arrangedaccording to the actual installation position of the test paper box, forexample, the smart toilet can be independently provided with a specialgasket installation support.

The foregoing description is merely preferred embodiments of the presentinvention, but is not intended to limit the present invention in anyform, and any simple amendments, equivalent changes or modificationsmade by those skilled in the art using the technical contents disclosedabove shall all fall within the protection scope of the presentinvention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A test paper box, comprising: a supportcomprising: a base; and an elongated cavity configured to store testpaper, the elongated cavity having a side wall that is provided with anair hole and a dampproof component arranged along the side wall at theair hole opposite the test paper relative to the side wall; a shell withan opening at a bottom of the shell, the shell sheathing the elongatedcavity of the support, and the opening being covered by the base of thesupport; and a paper outlet from which a piece of test paper stored inthe elongated cavity is pushed out.
 2. The test paper box of claim 1,further comprising a paper-receiving slot that is provided below theelongated cavity and is fixed to a bottom of the base to receive thepiece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and wherein thepaper outlet is provided at an end of the paper receiving slot.
 3. Thetest paper box of claim 2, wherein the paper outlet is configured toreceive the piece of test paper pushed via a pushing mechanism along thepaper-receiving slot from the elongated cavity.
 4. The test paper box ofclaim 2, wherein the shell is configured to be lifted by a liftingmechanism relative to the elongated cavity to expose the paper-receivingslot.
 5. The test paper box of claim 1, wherein the dampproof componentcomprises a desiccant bag.
 6. The test paper box of claim 5, wherein thedesiccant bag is situated between the shell and the elongated cavity. 7.The test paper box of claim 1, wherein a top of the elongated cavity isprovided with a paper inlet and a covering structure that is provided ona top of the shell, wherein the covering structure is configured tomatch with the paper inlet.
 8. The test paper box of claim 1, whereinthe shell of the housing is further provided with a positioning slot forinstallation in a toilet.
 9. The test paper box of claim 1, furthercomprising a seal platform raised relative to the base and surrounding athrough hole on the base.
 10. A smart toilet comprising the test paperbox of claim
 1. 11. A test paper box, comprising: a support comprising:a base; and a cavity configured to store test paper, the cavity having aside wall that is provided with an air hole and a dampproof componentlocated along the side wall at the air hole opposite the test paperrelative to the side wall; a shell with an opening at a bottom of theshell, the shell sheathing the cavity of the support, the opening beingcovered by the base of the support, and the shell comprising apositioning slot for installation of the test paper box in a toilet; anda paper outlet from which a piece of test paper stored in the cavity ispushed out.
 12. The test paper box of claim 11, wherein a top of thecavity is provided with a paper inlet located at the top of the cavityand sized to receive test paper for storing in the cavity.
 13. The testpaper box of claim 12, further comprising a covering structure that isconfigured to match with the paper inlet.
 14. The test paper box ofclaim 11, further comprising a seal platform raised relative to the baseand surrounding a through hole of the base from which test paper of thecavity passes through.
 15. The test paper box of claim 14, furthercomprising a gasket configured to match with the seal platform to sealthe through hole.
 16. The test paper box of claim 11, wherein the cavityis provided with a paper inlet.
 17. The test paper box of claim 11,further comprising a paper-receiving slot that is provided below theelongated cavity and is fixed to a bottom of the base to receive thepiece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and wherein thepaper outlet is provided at an end of the paper receiving slot.
 18. Thetest paper box of claim 17, wherein the paper outlet is configured toreceive the piece of test paper pushed via a pushing mechanism along thepaper-receiving slot from the cavity.
 19. The test paper box of claim17, wherein the shell is configured to be lifted by a lifting mechanismrelative to the elongated cavity to expose the paper-receiving slot. 20.The test paper box of claim 11, wherein the dampproof component issituated between the shell and the elongated cavity at the air hole.